Danny Kaye - Outfox the Fox lyrics?

Answer 1

H/F: Hawkins/Fox (to differentiate him from the "real" Black Fox.)

CM: Chorus of Camp Men

LPF: Little People / Foxes (little people in appropriate size Fox costumes)

LPC: Little People / Chorus (little people in performer costumes, NOT the Fox costumes)

(Hawkins/Fox pulls down a Black Fox Wanted poster and laughs)

Tempo: Vivace Only the sharpest eye, the keenest nose, the quickest wit, or the fleetest toes

Can ever outfox the Fox!

(CM: Can ever outfox the Fox!)

Only the stoutest arm, the bravest heart, with a magic charm and a good head start

Can ever outfox the Fox!

(CM: Can ever outfox the Fox!)

Those who try and tangle with my derring-do,

End up at the angle that herring do!

(CM: They hold their head like every dead herring do!)

Only the sprightliest Sprite, the nimblest elf, the wickedest witch, or the devil himself

Can ever outfox the Fox!

(CM: Can ever outfox the Fox!)

Tempo change to Moderato

Whenever they try to find me, they find me where I am not!

I'm hither and yon, I'm there and gone, I'm Johnny-Not-On-The-Spot!

*whistle*

I'm out on a limb they think.

*repeat whistle, H/F leaps to the ground*

I'm down on the ground in a wink.

Tempo: Accelerando, Vivace over this stanza.

My enemies say, "Gadzooks! It spooks!"

They're shivering in their socks!

They'll know they'll never--I'm far too clever---

They'll never outfox the Fox!

Tempo: Vivace

The Fox, there's only one of me 'til suddenly there's two of me

(New Fox #1 appears)

When two of me is what you see of me,

(New Fox #2 appears, brief pause))

'Zooks! Three of me!

Three of me, that's the proper score of me,

Three of me is the core of me, and we can tell you--

(New Fox #3 appears)

Whoops!

Sorry, four of me!

Serially, not concurrently, all four Foxes:

A Fox: Fa la laaaaa [fermata for this Fox, until the 4th fox has held the last note.]

[e.g. F1: Fa la laaaa---- F2: Fa la laaaaa----- F3: Fa la laaaa----- F4: Fa la laaaa---- F1 through F3 hold their final notes until F4 is done.]

[Instrumental interlude with all Four Foxes dancing, and play-swinging swords during part of the dance.]

[Hawkins/Fox standing center, other "Foxes" are little people coming out from Hawkins' legs, standing 3 on each side of H/F when all is said & done.

H/F: There's one of me, two of me, three of me, four of me,

five, six, seven! Sorry, no more of Me!

LPF: Each as strong as ten are we,

Very stout hearted men are we,

We're off to fight all wrong;

And we'll right it

Right or wrong!

LPC: I'm hither and yon, there and gone, Johnny not on the spot!

H/F: Only the sharpest eye, the keenest nose, the quickest wit, or the fleetest toes

Can ever outfox the Fox!

Can ever outfox... can ever outfox... can ever outfox... can ever outfox the Fox!

Anyone of us can be at anytime the Fox,

But I'll tell you confidentially that I'm the Fox!

LPC + LPF: No I'm, No I'm, No I'm The Fox!

LPC/LPF, no more than one singing per line:

(For choreography, see the YouTube of this.)

Well I'm the Fox,

No I'm the Fox,

Is he the Fox?

No me the Fox!

If he's the Fox,

then who's this Fox?!

Aren't you the Fox?

Now who's the Fox?!

ALL:

Because no matter who's the Fox

They'll never never never never

never never never

never never never never never outfox the Fox!!

Never outfox the Fox!

Never outfox the....

(each syllable accented, tempo to Moderato)

Never outfox the Fox! [fermata]